ASE 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

The ASE is delighted to be hosting its Annual Conference, generously sponsored by AQA, at the University of Nottingham from 9th to 11th January 2025. International sessions are incorporated throughout the event’s 3 days and we will have a great exhibition with lots of exclusive Conference offers. Post-16 focus-day and for those involved in leading and delivering professional development, the Teacher Developers’ Group programme is Thursday. Friday is the dedicated Technicians day, kindly sponsored by Philip Harris, and Early Career Teacher day. Sessions for both Primary and 11-19 are threaded throughout all 3 days with a focus on Research on Saturday.

Book your tickets now at https://ase2025AnnConf.eventbrite.co.uk - and remember, if you are an ASE member you will benefit from hugely discounted prices! Check out our membership here - it’s free for Early Career Teachers and only £25 for Technicians!

09:45 GMT

Frontier Science: What are executive functions and how do they help children learn maths and science?

Saturday January 11, 2025 09:45 - 10:35 GMT

Coates C22

Executive functions are a set of cognitive skills that help us to guide and control our attention, thoughts and behaviour in order to think flexibly, work towards goals and ignore distractions. They develop slowly throughout childhood and adolescence but there can also be considerable variation between individuals.

Executive functions are consistent predictors of academic outcomes, such that a child with good executive functions is likely to do well at school. In this session I will review our recent research investigating the role that different aspects of executive function play in maths and science learning at primary and secondary level and make some suggestions about both what can, and what can’t, be done in the classroom to support these important learning skills.

Speakers

Lucy Cragg

Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of Nottingham

I study how attention and short-term memory skills develop and change across the lifespan. I am particularly interested in how children's attention and short-term memory skills support their learning in the classroom (https://thesumproject.wordpress.com/), as well as how attentio... Read More →

Saturday January 11, 2025 09:45 - 10:35 GMT
Coates C22

Frontier Science

Theme Frontier Science
Key Stage / Audience Type ECTs, Teacher Developers, 0-4, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11-14, 14-16, Post-16, ITEs, Advisors/Consultants, Trainees, Global
Twitter feed @lucycragg